I didn't say anything, just quietly hugged Ji An. It felt like a very long time had passed until a soft cough sounded. I quickly let go of Ji An and turned around. The door to the room had been open at some point, and Xu Qi and Old Xu were standing in the doorway with very awkward expressions and an expression that said, "Whose pig is hugging my cabbage?"
Ji An let go of me, and Lao Xu silently turned and left. Xu Qi pouted with a struggled expression and pointed towards the living room. Ji An forced a smile at me: "Let's go to the living room."
I nodded and followed Ji An to the living room to sit down. Old Xu was frowning, arms crossed, sitting upright. Xu Qi saw us sit down and said, "Dad, you..."
Before Xu Qi could finish speaking, Old Xu said sternly, "Shut up."
Seeing Xu Qi's aggrieved expression, Ji An smiled at Xu Qi and then nodded politely to Old Xu: "Hello, Uncle, I am Ji An."
Old Xu frowned when he heard the name: "Ji An? Your young master of the Ji family?"
Ji An nodded and looked at me: "Miss, is this the young master of the Ji family you've been looking for?"
I nodded as well. Old Xu loosened his arms from his chest and looked at Ji An with an incredulous expression, asking, "Young Master Ji, what brings you to my humble abode? Our young lady and Mr. Ji have been looking for you for quite some time."
Ji An smiled politely and said, "I know."
Ji An looked at me, and as if making up his mind, took a deep breath and said, "Su Su, come back to the Ji family with me, and I'll explain everything to you."
Old Xu was the first to stand up and agree, and I nodded in agreement. Old Xu drove me, Ji An, and Xu Qi, who had shamelessly followed along. Old Xu didn't want Xu Qi to come, but Xu Qi had played a crucial role in getting us out, so I waited to hear Xu Qi's explanation.
Before we set off, Lao Xu had informed my father and mother, so when we arrived at the Ji family's house, my father and mother were already there. Although Mr. Ji had no expression, the hand holding his cane was noticeably tighter.
Ji Kang was the first to rush up and hug Ji An. After a few brief greetings, everyone sat down in the living room. Ji An and I sat on the sofa in the center, my parents sat on the right, and Mr. Ji and Ji Kang sat on the left. Everyone looked at Ji An with expectant expressions.
Ji An took a deep breath and said, "Back then, I was in a car accident and became a vegetable. Suddenly one day I regained consciousness, but I couldn't wake up. I could hear everyone talking, including the conversation between my brother and Bai Cheng when they came to see me. I knew that my brother definitely didn't want me to lie alone in the hospital, half-dead. So, I had the will to live in my mind every moment."
One day, I suddenly felt that I could move my limbs, but only slightly at the joints. So every day when I was awake, I kept trying to move my body. One day, Bai Cheng suddenly brought someone to the ward. When I heard that Bai Cheng was looking for test subjects to complete their experiments, I couldn't help but open my eyes and my arm moved. Bai Cheng saw this and hurriedly left with the person. The next day, my brother took Bai Cheng to complete the discharge procedures for me and brought me to Tomorrow Company.
I had no power to resist and could only let them send me into the realm of consciousness. Su Su should have told you what happened after that. After Xu Qi sent us out of the realm of consciousness, I woke up in the space capsule. But as soon as I woke up, my heart almost stopped and my limbs kept twitching. After consulting with Bai Cheng, the staff of Tomorrow Company sent me to the hospital.
When I woke up again, I found that I could move my limbs. I happened to hear the doctor say that my limbs had been repeatedly stimulated by electric needles over the years, which was like opening up the meridians. I was miraculously cured. However, my limbs were still a little uncoordinated for a short time because I hadn't walked for a long time. After hearing about this, Bai Cheng gave the doctor several syringes filled with an unknown liquid. The doctor looked a little embarrassed, but still accepted them.
At that moment, I knew that Bai Cheng would definitely try to get rid of me. Just then, a riot broke out in the hospital, and it was said that some patients had escaped. I took this opportunity to escape to the next ward, stole a wheelchair, and ran out of the hospital.
I was nearly hit by a car as soon as I left the hospital. The driver was Xu Qi, who then took me to his house where we hid.
I frowned as I looked at Ji An. Ji Kang spoke up: "Since you escaped, why didn't you contact your brother?"
Ji An looked at Ji Kang apologetically and said, "After I arrived at Xu Qi's house, I tried to contact you, but you changed your phone number. I searched for our company online and found that it no longer exists. There was only one related piece of information saying that you committed suicide. I thought you were dead at the time. So I stayed at Xu Qi's house for the time being, thinking that I could work with Xu Qi to find a way to expose what Tomorrow Company has done."
I quickly asked, "Xu Qi, how did you enter Tomorrow Company's consciousness realm and release us?"
Xu Qi glanced at Old Xu cautiously and said, "Last year, I was studying for my master's degree at Brain University. The pressure was too much, and I couldn't get my diploma, so I secretly returned to China. I happened to see a job posting from Tomorrow Company. I thought I would secretly hide in China for a year and then buy a fake diploma to pretend I had graduated and returned. But fake diplomas are not cheap, costing tens of thousands of yuan. I don't have that much money, so I could only try to get a high-paying job at Tomorrow Company. I never expected to sell myself like this. After my consciousness entered the consciousness realm, I couldn't get out at all. I'm trapped inside like this."
I frowned and said, "But you deliberately let us break into the control center and then sent us out. How could you not be able to get out?"
Xu Qi sighed: "It wasn't that I let you in on purpose. Actually, I wanted to escape on my own, so I frantically searched for bugs in the realm of consciousness. Once I found a bug, I tried to amplify it. Maybe that way, in order to fix it, they would temporarily let our consciousness out."
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